Archive | August 14th, 2012
Sprint drops price of iPhone 4S to low low price of $49 thanks to $100 American Express gift card
If you’re a Sprint subscriber who has been contemplating getting an iPhone, now may be the perfect time to pounce. Not too long ago, Sprint dropped the price of the iPhone 4S to $150 with a 2-year contract. Today, it sweetened the deal even more by dropping the buy-in price to $49, the result of […]
Continue reading...When it comes to copying, Samsung has a long and storied history
14. August 2012
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iMore has an interesting post up detailing how Samsung deciding to copy a market leader isn’t really all that new. No one can look at Samsung’s mobile products over the last decade and not consider them anything other than a ruthless, relentless copy of everything popular that’s came before. It’s not that Samsung doesn’t continuously […]
Continue reading...On Samsung and stealing
14. August 2012
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It’s a common thread of conversation these days, in the context of Apple’s litigation with Samsung, to claim that Apple is abusing the patent system. Or as a Samsung attorney seemed to imply, that Apple is trying to patent rounded rectangles. To that end, it’s really hard to not see the overt infringement committed by […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs Palo Alto home burglarized; Suspect apprehended
14. August 2012
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Steve Jobs’ Palo Alto home was burglarized a few weeks ago, with thieves taking upwards of $60,000 worth of computers and personal items. Since then, authorities arrested a suspect named Kariem McFarlin for committing the crime. Mercury News reports: McFarlin, who remains in county jail on $500,000 bail, could face a maximum prison sentence of […]
Continue reading...Samsung tries to get Apple’s case thrown out, Judge refuses
14. August 2012
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Oh Samsung, your sneakyness knows no bounds! Well okay, they’re not exactly being sneaky, but Samsung’s legal team always seems to be up to something, with Samsung Attorney John Quinn’s actions regarding the Sony-iPhone issue being a prime example. Apple just recently finished making its case against Samsung and now the Korea-based electronics giant will […]
Continue reading...Industrial Designer praises unibody iPhone 5 construction
14. August 2012
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With so many leaked iPhone parts floating around these days, it was inevitable that we’d eventually see an assembled pre-production iPhone 5 built out of repair parts. Case in point – the photo above which leaked to the web just last week. What’s more, we even have this video which purports to show the iPhone […]
Continue reading...Andy Hertzfeld posts rare Macintosh promotional video from 1983
14. August 2012
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Legendary Apple alum Andy Hertzfeld, who now works for Google, posted an interesting link on his Google+ recently highlighting a rare commercial Apple created in honor of the first Mac. The ad was designed by Chiat-Day and includes interesting snippets about the Mac from the design team. Notably, Hertzfeld notes that the commercial never made […]
Continue reading...Conan O’Brien takes on Apple-Samsung dispute with hilarious video poking fun at Samsung
14. August 2012
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With a keen interest in technology, at least when measured against other late night hosts, Conan O’Brien last week had a little bit of fun at Samsung’s expense with a video featuring a fictitious Samsung executive trying to explain away the oh so important differences between Apple’s iPhone and iPad and Samsung’s allegedly infringing products. […]
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14. August 2012
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